China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, in an effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5505985/biden-marks-lgbtq-pride-month-with-celebration-on-white-house-south-lawn/

Given that a large portion of the targets were government entities, the researchers said this supports their assessment that the threat group has an intelligence-gathering motivation, rather than conducting destructive data attacks.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/15/mandiant-china-hackers-barracuda-espionage-governments/

Her covert intelligence-gathering meetings with an officer from Germany's military intelligence, the Abwehr, had not gone unnoticed either.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12615329/femme-fatale-WWII-Unseen-pictures-Polish-secret-agentNazi-Gestapo-Stalins-NKVD-gunned-80-years.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Japan successfully launched a rocket Thursday carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural disaster response.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/japan-launches-intel-satellite-watch-korea-disasters-96683929

These were a mixture of fighter, transport and intelligence-gathering aircraft.

Source: https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/raf-lossie-personnel-return-from-estonia-after-mission-which-322265/

WASHINGTON—China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/11/us-confirms-china-has-had-a-spy-base-in-cuba-since-at-least-2019/